It’s Only A Shadow

It's reaching out towards me
Do I dare let it touch my skin?
It reeks of death; it reeks of pain
It's the embodiment of hell itself
What does it want with me?
Have I committed my last sin?
I watch it's black arm grab at me
And I back away from the evil shadow
It cackles and wheezes deviously
A cold, black heart fuels it's rage
It's the devil, I think, come to take me away
Where eternal horrors await to torture
Shadow creature can read my mind
And assures me it's not Satan
When I ask it what it is
It sneers...and it growls...and it tells me,
"I   AM   YOU."
Then the image in the mirror
Shimmers and fades from my view
And I'm left to stand all alone
Engulfed in the darkness that is MY MIND